DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

Websites of the Month

2008

June
Historical aerials

May
Historical map scale info

April
US Atlas of Renewable Resources

March
Historical maps in Second Life

February
Art CoCo

January
Know your world?

2007

December
Google Earth

November
Map Projections applet

October
Strange Maps

September
Mapping African Exploration

August
Fantasy Atlas

July
Infosthetics:
the beauty of data visualization

June
Rome Reborn 1.0

May
Labor Trail

April
Libre Map Project

March
World Mapper

February
Biodiversity Hotspots

January
Global Distribution of Poverty

2006

December
US Census Grids

November
Breathng Earth

October
The Commoncensus Map Project

September
Visited Countries

August
Urban Growth

July
Google U.S. Government Search

June
Deadly Maps

May
Tox Town

April
Astronaut Photography

March
Galileo's Compass

February
Online Geography Games

January
The Map Realm

2005

December
The World (of the rich)
video | main web site

November
Turning the Pages

October
Shipwreck Central

September
Education for Rural People

August
Shark Attacks

July
Service men & women who
died in Iraq & Afganistan

June
World Wind

May
USGS Geography

April
Raritan Basin Watershed Management Project

March
NJ Pinelands and Down Under

February
IN MOTION

January
Compass Directions
2004

December
ReliefWeb

November
Election Cartograms

October
animals on the underground

September
Demographic data for the tri-state area

July/August
Interactive Map of Manhattan

June
Census Data Ferrett

May
Mapping Arabia

April
Historic Cities

March
Places OnLIne

February
The Buffalo Commons

January
The Ten Regions of US Politics

2003

December
Chidren Map Their World
November
Historical New Jersey Maps
September/October
Project for Public Spaces

Summer
Downloading and Formatting Earth Images from Terraserver
for Recreational, Scientific, Educational, and GIS Use

Spring
the degree confluence project
an organized sampling of the world

February
David Rumsey Map Collection
and Web based 3D GIS viewer

January
The Earth Impact Database

2002

January
Mysterious Places

April
Coastal Wetlands Institute

July
Barnegat Bay Watershed and Estuary Foundation

September
Terrafly

December
the Amsterdam RealTime project

2001

January
Mysterious Places

March
Phillyspy.com

June
CNN.com/Space

July
Forgotton NY

August
CIA World Factbook

September
Biosphere 2 Center

October
Geography of Cyberspace

November
The Truth About Thanksgiving

December
The Great Buildings Collection

2000

January
topzone.com

February
Reliefweb.int

March
Cyburbia.org

April
Funny Road Signs

May
NYC Transit Maps

June
Road Side America

July
Beach Cam Locator

August
Radical Urban Theory Online Journal

September
National Fire News

October
FEMA Tropical Storm Watch

December
Lighting Up the Ecosphere
NASA uses lights to measure urban areas

1999

January/February/March
Worldwide Disaster Aid and Information

April
International Demographic Data

May
Rutgers Cartography

June/July/August September/October/November
Journal of the 491 (Wild West) Crew!

1998

January
The Green Map System
NOAA Animation of El Niño-Area
Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

February
GIS: Tool or Science?
Hobbes' Internet Timeline
CTI Geography & Learning Technologies

March
Rutgers MapGarden
Online Map Creation
USGS Map Data Viewing Software
FileDudes

April
SoundAmerica
Project GeoSim
The GeoNet Game

May
Digital Chart of the World
What if Earth Archive

June
CIESIN

July
SIL Ethnologue

August
UC Berkeley Digital Maps

September
Terraserver

October
NOAA La Niña Page

November
America's Roof Lists

December
The Great Climate Flip-Flop

1997

January
The Green Map System
NOAA Animation of El Niño-Area
Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

February
GIS: Tool or Science?
Hobbes' Internet Timeline
CTI Geography & Learning Technologies

March
Cybertown
Around the World in 80 Clicks
Historical Cartographic Images
Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas

April
Online Resources for Earth Scientists
World of Maps
CGRER Maps & References
Worldwide Tourism Offices

May
Stately Knowledge
John Mitchell's Map
How Far Is It?
The Mining Company: Geography

June
Dymaxion Projection
Borders of the United States
Panoramic Maps 1847-1909
Fedstats

July
NJ Travel Guide
Geographic Site of the Day
The Aurora Page
Mars Madness

August
Genealogy Resources
U.S. Gazetteer
USGS Learning Web

September
AAG Careers in Geography Page
The National Atlas of Canada
GeoWeb Interactive
New Jersey Online

October
CyberAtlas
Geography Departments Worldwide
TSLAC Map Archive

November
El Niño in Cyberspace
megaConverter
The Electronic Map Library
NARA Archival Information Locator

December
Scholarly Communication Center
Data FERRET
USGS Coastline Extractor


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